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John Dewey: “Even now, popular psychology is a mass of cant, of slush and of superstition worthy of the most flourishing days of the…”

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Even now, popular psychology is a mass of cant, of slush and of superstition worthy of the most flourishing days of the medicine man.
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John Dewey

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Dewey criticizes popular psychology for being filled with misconceptions and superstitions.

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